i don't know much about the RSO but i have never seen it look that light in color.. i thought the idea was to make it dark for some reason.. did you use everclear to make it? if you don't mind linking me to some good info on how you made your batch.. i'd appreciate it.
Thanks! I am happy you have not seen RSO that light in color. That is a complement in the world of RSO.
I use 99% isopropyl alcohol as the solvent. I did do a frozen extract. I did use select strains that release less chlorophyll.
Here is a link to my entire experience with RSO. The experience actually started in 2010, but I did not post it until 2011. (note: this is not an endorsement of another website, just a location where the information that was requested is)
http://boards.cannabis.com/concentrates/200017-my-experience-rick-simpson-oil.html On page 4, post #83 is where you will find my modified version of Rick Simpson's method of making the oil. I would recommend watching the YouTube video Run From the Cure before making your oil.
In the two pictures below there were two separate extractions done from the same starting material. The first extraction is the amber colored oil (left). Then I went back and did another extraction using the same buds and it produced a darker, golden colored oil (right). Surprisingly, they are not that much different in potency. The amber one does taste better, but the golden one tastes pretty good too. The same oils are pictured in 1 CC syringes and you can see the difference there too.
Actually, there was also a third extraction. This extraction was not to get THC or anything like that. It was an experiment. I wanted to extract the red oil from the cannabis plant. I figured the best way to do that would be to use my left over waste from making the RSO in the pictures above. RSO is oil soluble the red plant oil is water soluble. The water soluble oil should still be in the waste material so I let it dry out for a week, until it was bone dry and I did a similar water extraction and that produced red oil. I didn't do anything with the oil, I discarded it. Mostly I just wanted to see what would happen. The picture is of the red oil, frozen in a shot glass, before I purged out the water.
This picture is the amber oil (pictured above) while in the final stage of purging out the solvent (99% isoporpyl alcohol).
I believe I can get it about 50% lighter in color. Maybe on my next batch I will have the opportunity to try.
I hope this has helped in answering your questions.
Yes, the darker the oil, typically means the more chlorophyll and unwanted plant waxes and material. However, you cannot judge the quality of the oil just by the color. I do have a strain that will only produce dark oil and the quality is just as good when it comes to potency. I have seen beautiful amber oil that did not give a buzz at all, very low quality. It was either made with low grade buds or the final purge was too hot and damaged the THC.